Laura Della (Phillips) Newport (1892 - 1987)

Born 11 May 1892 in Cherry Fork, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Ancestors

Wife of Ellard Newport — married 7 Feb 1912 (to 20 Jan 1958) in Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1987 at age 94 in Methodist Medical Center,Oak Ridge,Anderson County, Tennessee

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Biography

Laura was born on May 11, 1892 at Cherry Fork near Helenwood in Scott County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Pleasent Winford Phillips and Emily Clemons (Cecil) Phillips . She married Ellard Newport on February 7, 1912 in Scott County. She passed away on January 20, 1987 at the Methodist Medical Center at Oak Ridge in Anderson County, Tennessee.

Obituary,

Laura Della Phillips Newport, 94, formerly of Helenwood, who had resided at the Anderson County Health Care Center for the past nine years, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 20, 1987, at the Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge following a lingering illness. Mrs. Newport was the daughter of the late Winford Phillips and the late Emily Cecil Phillips and was also preceded in death by her husband, Ellard Newport; three sisters: Nancy Phillips Clark, Susie Phillips Moore, and Fairby Philips; and four brothers: Jim Euell Phillips, Henderson Phillips, John Young Phillips, and George Harrison Phillips. She was a member of the Cherry Fork Baptist Church for a number of years. She is survived by one daughter, Alicia Cross of Helenwood; one son, Clyde Newport of Ocala, Fla.; four granddaughters: Mrs. Harold Dean (June) Ross of Helenwood, Mrs. Harry (Wilma) Phillips of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Gary (June) Wartz and Judy Newport of Newark, Del.; three grandsons George E. Cross of Oneida, Edward Cross of Los Angeles, Calif., and Clyde E. Newport of Ocala, Fla.; ten great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted at the West-Murley Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday, January 23, with Rev. Milford Cecil and Rev. Harold Dean Ross officiating. Rev. Harold Dean Ross sang and Mrs. Phillip (Kimberly Jean) Kidd played the piano. Burial was in the Cecil Cemetery in the Cherry Fork community. Pallbearers were: Carl Brown, Roger Cecil, Wendell Cecil, George E. Cross, Phillip Kidd, and Gary Phillips. West-Murley Funeral Home in Oneida was in charge of arrangements. (Source: The Scott County News, 29 Jan 1987, p6)

Sources

Burial : Cecil Cemetery, Cherry Fork, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Burial Date : January 23, 1987 Find A Grave memorial # 37922414 [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37922414/laura-della-newport : accessed 05 September 2021), memorial page for Laura Della Phillips Newport (11 May 1892–20 Jan 1987), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37922414, citing Cecil Cemetery, Scott County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Dorothy Young (contributor 47116377) .

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6K-DY3 : accessed 8 February 2016), Ellard Newport and Della Phillips, 07 Feb 1912; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 482, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFD-YLB : accessed 8 February 2016), Della Phillips in household of Winford Phillips, Civil District 2, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 11A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,528.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-LQL : accessed 8 February 2016), Della Newport in household of Winford Phillips, Civil District 3, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,761.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ1-NSP : accessed 8 February 2016), Della Newport in entry for Ellard Newport, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-NBL : accessed 8 February 2016), Della Newport in household of Ellard Newport, Civil District 3, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-5, sheet 26B, family 431, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3932.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FSM-JKP5 : Sun Jan 29 12:14:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Ellard Newport and Della Newport, 12 April 1950 Cherry Fork, Scott, Tennessee, From <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSM-JKPP>